Pteroglossa luteola Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Isotype collection Sheet by © Maevis N Correa

Common Name The Yellowish Pteroglossa

Flower Size

Found in Corrientes province of Argentina in dense woodlands on rather low ground with sandy soil as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rosette of basal, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, glabrous,cuneate into the subpetiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, peduncle to 2 to 10" [5 to 20 cm] long, provided with several lax sheathing bracts, rachis 1.6 to 3.2" [4 to 8 cm] long, laxly few flowered inflorescence with foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, subacuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying conspicuous, pale yellowish flowers.

Synonyms Cogniauxiocharis luteola (Garay) Szlach. 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 288 Garay 1980 publ. 1982;

Phylogeny Taxon. Subtr. Spiranthinae Stenorrhynchidinae Cyclopogoninae Centr. S. Amer.: 168 Szlach 2008 as Cogniauxiocharis luteola

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